St Andrews Night Celebration 2007

The Club's St Andrews Night Dinner took place in the function room of the Vale of Leven Bowling Club on Friday
30 November 2007. when 102 members and guests celebrated our Patron Saint and Scotland.

After an excellent meal served by Venue Caterers, Vice President Harry Summers introduced his top table guests. The Toast to our Toon - the Vale of Leven was proposed by Club Member Vince Dolan and the Toast to Scotland by another member John McKellar.

Both speakers were making their debut at a Club function. Vince's Toast covered not only the positives of living in the lovely valley but also highlighted a number of the problems which currently blight our community.

John's Toast took us on a journey through Scottish History from the time of the Romans and included reference to the effect of the Renaissance and the Scottish Enlightenment. Both the speeches were well received by the members and guests.

Sangs and Clatter were provided by Eddie Gaughan supplemented by another debutant folk singer Peter Parlane. Duncan McLean, 'The Bard of the Vale', read a couple of his own poems and our Chairman Ian Collins provided a cameo performance with a few of his very funny stories.

The evening concluded with a vote of thanks from Harry Summers and the company singing Auld Lang Syne.

A selection of pictures of the evening are below. Move your mouse over the small images to enlarge them.